Articles of Interest - April 2, 2018
/***TECHNOLOGY
11 Tell-Tale Signs Your Accounts and Devices Have Been Hacked Field Guide
Technologies To Create Fake Audio And Video Are Quickly Evolving NPR
It's Time for an RSS Revival Wired
FCC approves SpaceX’s ambitious satellite internet plans The Verge
Can A Computer Predict The Pattern Of Your Life Based On The Past? NPR
Microsoft is launching a huge reorganization to focus on AI and the cloud MIT Technology Review
Meet The Companies Behind Facial Recognition Technology NPR
***SOCIAL MEDIA
How To Download Your Facebook Data and What To Look For in It Wired
Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection In 2016 Memo — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed BuzzFeed News
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s hardest year, and what comes next Vox
Snapchat May Risk Connecting Apps, Despite Facebook Uproar Tech News World
***PHONE ADDICTION
You Know Who's Really Addicted to Their Phones? The Olds. WIRED
The psychological design tricks websites like Facebook and Amazon use to keep you addicted Quartz
***PRIVACY
Apple CEO criticizes Facebook amid privacy scandal (video) MSNBC
How a data mining giant got me wrong Reuters
The Facebook Privacy Setting That Doesn’t Do Anything at All Wired
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
How digital advertising became a total mess Axios
Radio's Big Challenge: Finding Its Way Forward In This New Digital World Forbes
What Makes a Great Magazine Editor? Business of Fashion
Technology has upended the world’s advertising giants Economist
***BIG DATA & AI
New tools that have begun to automate how data is prepared for analytics Inside Big Data
Should businesses be treating data like dangerous chemicals? Information Age
Helping CEOs make sense of the machine learning buzz words—a cheat sheet of definitions Chief Executive
Three examples of machine learning in the newsroom Medium
Google's G Suite activity dashboard for Google Docs/Sheets/Slides gives insight on who has viewed the document and when Tech Republic
***JOURNALISM
Tweets are the new vox populi Columbia Journalism Review
From journalism class, tragedy — and a new course Poynter
Facebook discusses accreditation of Journalists Columbia Journalism Review
Inside The Seattle Times’ newsletter strategy Lenfest Institute
5 Reasons to Go Mobile First with Vertical Video Video Strategist
News publishers are tracking plenty of data, too. Here's how to see what yours is looking at Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Sinclair Broadcast Group Slammed for Video Montage of Local Anchors Reading Anti-Media Script Hollywood Reporter
John Oliver Goes Off on Sinclair, Calls News Anchors ‘Members of a Brainwashed Cult’ The Daily Beast
Tampa Bay Times to be sold to GateHouse Media in $79M deal Florida Politics
Russian bots are rallying behind embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham as advertisers dump her show Business Insider
7 Reasons Why News Startups Fail PBS Media Shift
***FAKE NEWS
The First Prank Calls Were Surprisingly Morbid Atlas Obscura
Why ‘Media Literacy’ Doesn’t Stand a Chance Chronicle of Higher Education
Fake News, Fake Porn, and AI Media Ethics Initiative
The fight against digital disinformation gets $10 million from the Hewlett Foundation Nieman Journalism Lab
She's an expert at spotting fake news: This is what she wants you to know Upworthy
Fake News, The Good Kind: No Joking (Okay, Some Joking) Media Post
The real problem with Sinclair’s ‘fake’ news script (opinion) Washington Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
A Giant Source of Distraction: Just taking photos in general was enough to decrease scores on a memory test Becoming (my blog)
Why the ‘5 Second Rule’ Will Destroy Your Procrastination, According to Science Medium
***GRAMMAR
The rules of written English no longer apply to millennials on social media Mashable
***WRITING & READING
Why The Number Of Independent Bookstores Increased During The 'Retail Apocalypse' NPR
Grab Readers' Attention With These 13 Headline Writing Tips Forbes
***LANGUAGE
Language is the last frontier for Hollywood film-makers Economist
Do the words “Americans like me” separate people or join them? Chronicle of Higher Education
Most Hispanic parents speak Spanish to their children, but this is less the case in later immigrant generations Pew Research
How the French Are Celebrating Their Language Chronicle of Higher Education
***LITERATURE
Are You There God?' book redesign has Judy Blume fans in an uproar NBC’s Today Show
How a centuries old publishing house is making its mark on the digital CNBC age
The 1,700+ Words Invented by Shakespeare* Open Culture
'World Make Way': New Poems Paint Classic Pictures NPR
Patti Smith’s 40 Favorite Books Open Culture
In Children’s Books, How Much Reality is Too Much? Daily Jstor
***GENDER
The lives and deaths of transgender Latin Americans Economist
12 Stories Of Mansplaining That Will Make You Say "Man, The Things Women Have To Put Up With!" BuzzFeed News
India’s gender gap is closing in some respects, but remains vast Economist
American names that have become less gendered since 1920 The Atlantic
Student uses big data to examine global digital gender gap Phys.org
The Very Male Trump Administration The Atlantic
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The Whitesplaining of History Is Over Chronicle of Higher Education
Police investigating racist email sent to students and staff at Colorado College KKTV
***LEGAL ISSUES
Password Sharing Is a Federal Crime, Appeals Court Rules MotherBoard
Immigration Courts (video) John Oliver
Copyright and Online Journalism: What’s Going On In New York? Electronic Frontier Foundation
Is it legal For Cops To Open iPhones With Dead People's Fingerprints Forbes
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Copyright Lawsuit Over LeBron James Tattoo in 'NBA 2K' Hollywood Reporter
Realistic Docudramas Don’t Violate California Publicity Rights–deHavilland v. FX Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
The Bible College hazing Experience: Jesus Camp & Suicide Hospital Stay (video)
Losing their religion: The number of ex-Muslims in America is rising Economist
Ice cream chain being boycotted for its 'totally offensive' Christianity-inspired name SF Gate
Evangelical Support for Trump & a New book on Pope Francis (video) MSNBC
Snoop Dogg answers haters of his new Gospel album: 'I thought Church was supposed to welcome sinners' Christian Today
Conservative Christian Singer Loses Costa Rica Presidential Race Christianity Today
At Easter, God didn’t give us the Messiah we wanted but the one we needed (Phillip Yancey) Washington Post
NPR Catches Hell Over Easter Mistake NPR
Supreme Court declines appeal over cross in Grand Haven Mlive
***RELIGIOUS & TV/FILM
Box Office: Henson And Perry's 'Acrimony' Opens To $17M, 'Gods Not Dead' Dies Forbes
People Are Saying This Christian Surfing Movie Is the Next 'The Room' Vice
NBC's 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live' shouldn't have worked. Here's why it did LA Times
***RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN TROUBLE
Houston megachurch pastor and spiritual adviser to President George W. Bush indicted ‑ Feds say he sold millions in worthless bonds Washington Post
Southern Baptist Leader Resigns over ‘Morally Inappropriate Relationship’ Christianity Today
New revelations about alleged sex cult leader accused of branding women CBS News
Bill Hybels Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Former Willow Creek Leaders Christianity Today
***RELIGION IN CHINA
As China tightens rules on religion, unregistered churches wince Economist
'This Is Making a Lot of Christians in China Very Nervous' The Atlantic
Baptist University students’ new suspensions called a warning to those opposing school policies South China Morning Post
***ART, DESIGN, & DATA VIZ
This map shows every inch of snow that fell on the lower 48 this year Washington Post
A Visualization as to what Daylight saving time would be like all year Tamp Bay Times
Visualizing Outliers Flowing Data
***MUSIC
Behold the MusicMap: The Ultimate Interactive Genealogy of Music Created Between 1870 and 2016 Open Culture
***FILM
Three faith-based movies are in theaters during Easter. How this Christian film critic assesses them LA Times
Martin Scorsese Create a List of 38 Essential Films About American Democracy Open Culture
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
College Volleyball Coach Accused of Body Shaming Courthouse News
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Do immigrants lead to crime? A recent study says no The Marshall Project
***BUSINESS
10 Years After: How the world has changed since the 2008 financial crisis in Graphs Wall Street Journal
The Two Traits of the Best Problem-Solving Teams Harvard Business Review
***HEALTH
What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—And Our Ability to See? WIRED
Here’s how an overdose shuts down your body: A Data Visualization Science News
One of Asia’s poorest countries is making huge progress against a persistent health scourge Economist
New 'organ' Discovered? EurekAlert! Science News
New Study: It doesn’t matter if you get your daily exercise all at once or in two minute breaks New York Times
Why Some Americans Are Risking It and Skipping Health Insurance Bloomberg
***FAMILIES & RELATIONSHIPS
One in three families can’t afford diapers. Why are they so expensive? Tampa Bay Times
How parents' arguments really affect their children BBC
What Happens When You Track Your Boyfriend on Strava WIRED
***SCIENCE
Are research papers less accurate and truthful than in the past? Economist
How (and Whether) to Teach Undergraduates About the Replication Crisis in Psychological Science Sage Journals
Keeping science honest Science Mag
***PSYCHOLOGY
Judges and examiners get laxer with practice Economist
How (and Whether) to Teach Undergraduates About the Replication Crisis in Psychological Science Sage Publishing
How and where growing numbers of Americans are taking their own lives Economist
***NEUROSCIENCE
'The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind' Tells How A Brain Doctor Coped With Cancer NPR
***PHILOSOPHY
Marco Rubio admits he was wrong…about philosophy Quartz
***HISTORY
FBI investigated early LGBT organization for alleged Communist ties MuckRock
***ETHICS
Doctor-assisted suicide close to becoming law in Hawaii Associated Press
***RESEARCH
What is the impact of retractions in science? Elephant in the Lab
Congress Will Finally Make Its Research Reports Public Electronic Frontier Foundation
For Watchdog Scientists, Using Software to Fight Dubious Cancer Research Undark
***HIGHER ED
Regulations that the Dept of Ed may Change Politico
Trump in Ohio: ‘I don’t know what that means, a community college’ Boston Globe
Donald Trump Doesn't Understand what a Community College is The Atlantic
Most Colleges At Risk Of Phishing, Study Finds Media Post
***HIGHER ED FINANCES
For small, private colleges, fewer students means more worries Boston Globe
Michigan State spent $500K in January to monitor social media accounts of Nassar victims, others Lansing State Journal
Credit-rating agency Gives an upgrade to Final Four Team Loyola-Chicago The Bond Buyer
Howard University employees fired following investigation into stolen financial aid CNBC
***HIGHER ED & THE COURTS
California’s highest court ruled last week that a student who had been stabbed at UCLA could sue the university for negligence Chronicle of Higher Education
Grad students sue Colorado State University for skipping accreditation Business Den
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Study finds Christian colleges and universities add $60 billion each year to national economy Chicago Tribune
Largest Christian university opens 'sophisticated' gun range for students Fox News
**CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS & LGBT ISSUES
Christian Colleges That Oppose LGBT Rights Worried About Losing Funding Under Title VII NPR
Christian Colleges Are Tangled In Their Own LGBT Policies NPR
Christian Colleges Increasingly Facing Division over LGBT Issues Christian Headlines
***TEACHING
The benefits to faculty members of working to make their course materials more accessible Chronicle of Higher Education
Accessibility, Audio Texts, and the Persistence of Print Chronicle of Higher Education
How to Help Young People (and Adults) Unplug and Engage (video) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
Washington Becomes the 14th state to extend free speech protections to student journalists Renton Reporter
***STUDENT LIFE
The Very Unnerving Existence of Teen Boss, a Magazine for Girls New Yorker
Eastern Michigan students walk out in protest of athletics, staff cuts Mlive
Investigation After Utah Student’s Death Finds Serious Issues Within Physics and Astronomy Department Daily Utah Chronicle
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Tenured professors at Kentucky's public colleges could be fired thanks to a new provision in the state’s budget bill Courier-Journal
University Paid Researcher $50,000 Believing He Was Working From Home. He Was Dead TIME
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Investigates Claims That Its President Plagiarized Dissertation Chronicle of Higher Education
Plagiarism: A Hidden Problem in Academic Medicine Council on Communications and Media Blog
Who’s Reading Your Email? Inside Higher Ed